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are we in a low interest rate environment today? and aren't we by virtue of what the fed has said, which is to say maintaining current policy at least through mid 2015, so three years or so, at least, isn't it very likely we're going stay in the low interest rate environment and shouldn't that be the prevailing environment assumption? >> you make a very important point in terms of the fact that the actuarial review was done not today but at a point with economic projections that are primarily in july over the summer. and so it's accurate that interest rates have dropped further than were built into the primary actuarial view. there are two offsetting factors to that, though. one is that home prices have performed better than were used in the actuarial. and that, based on what we know today, even for this year the actuarial would be significantly better if it were performed today just on that one variable. and then the second point is that the act warblee review is a -- actuarial review is a point in time that assumes that we do no f
are we in a low interest rate environment today? and aren't we by virtue of what the fed has said, which is to say maintaining current policy at least through mid 2015, so three years or so, at least, isn't it very likely we're going stay in the low interest rate environment and shouldn't that be the prevailing environment assumption? >> you make a very important point in terms of the fact that the actuarial review was done not today but at a point with economic projections that are...
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you know the low interest-rate environment customs? >> let me ask my team behind me to get that. we will have that for you in a moment. >> my guess is i am not sure that assumption is as low as the rate is today with an interest-rate of 1.6%, it is shockingly low. we have a fed insisting it will keep this way. i will be interested to see what the net effect of this interest rate is. >> there is an artificiality of the point in time because it presumes every one of the payoffs, we have no revenue to fha, where we know there is a large revenue -- >> there is a flaw in the model? >> no. congress requires the review is done in a runoff scenario. we also looked at, what if we keep doing business, so we have those projections. that is not the 2% calculation. it is something we could give you more detail on of what the net effect would be. >> does the modelling assume any recession between now and 2017? >> the modelling does include a range of runs from a mild recession to a very severe recession. through the nature of the modelling, we do look at probabilities. >> but the evaluation, t
you know the low interest-rate environment customs? >> let me ask my team behind me to get that. we will have that for you in a moment. >> my guess is i am not sure that assumption is as low as the rate is today with an interest-rate of 1.6%, it is shockingly low. we have a fed insisting it will keep this way. i will be interested to see what the net effect of this interest rate is. >> there is an artificiality of the point in time because it presumes every one of the payoffs,...
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even in a postal strike environment, if iran wanted to reconstitute its nuclear program, do we have a problem with nuclear smuggling? >> without outside assistance, iran would not have a large centrifuge program. the death developed a small one overtime, but it depended -- they have developed a small one overtime. they have been smuggling dual- use goods that are necessary to build centrifuges and centrifuge plants since the 1980's. the family will talk about this. -- they freely will talk about this. there are very dependent, and they're active now. there was another court case, and arrested some smugglers yesterday trying to buy things here. carbon fiber. but they were looking for a carbon fiber when the machine. these things are used in missiles, -- winding machine. these things are used in missiles. europe has tightened up. they have been working actively in china to buy european- american-chinese goods. the government is not completed, but they're not doing enough. we're thinking that pressure needs to be brought on china. goods made in germany, sold by that company to the chines
even in a postal strike environment, if iran wanted to reconstitute its nuclear program, do we have a problem with nuclear smuggling? >> without outside assistance, iran would not have a large centrifuge program. the death developed a small one overtime, but it depended -- they have developed a small one overtime. they have been smuggling dual- use goods that are necessary to build centrifuges and centrifuge plants since the 1980's. the family will talk about this. -- they freely will...
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it is a hostile environment. the pentagon estimates there could be as many as 75,000 troops that would be needed to do that. another option would be to preemptively bomb but then you have dispersal of the agents and so forth. a third would try to seek some sort of property to go in and secure the site. it is a very difficult set of issues as president obama has clearly noted in the clip and has drawn a clear line on the use by the assaad regime. host: here is where syria is located in the middle east. adjacent to 11 on, i rock, and turkey. this civil war has not been going on 21 months. how has he been able to retain power? -- they are adjacent to lebanon, iraq, and turkey. guest: there have been times in the past when a bomb attack killed four members of his inner circle and people thought it could be the beginning of the end of the regime. no one has any illusions about his ability to last over the long term, but he has shown that he will whether much of the storm and unfortunately it's very hard to say when it
it is a hostile environment. the pentagon estimates there could be as many as 75,000 troops that would be needed to do that. another option would be to preemptively bomb but then you have dispersal of the agents and so forth. a third would try to seek some sort of property to go in and secure the site. it is a very difficult set of issues as president obama has clearly noted in the clip and has drawn a clear line on the use by the assaad regime. host: here is where syria is located in the...